Antiskid or mud chain



Dec. 26,- 1922.

J. STARKWEATHER. ANT l sK D 0R MUD CHAIN. FILED JAN. 4. i922.

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'Be it known that lyloiiN SrAniiivmirri-iria,` a citizen of the United States, residingatl` Ottawa, in the county ot Franklin and State ot Kansas, have invented certain new` anda use't'ul Improvementsin Antisltid orMud Chains, of which the following is `a speci- `lication, refe-rence being had to the zirconi-` 'panying drawings. i A j j v Heretofore devices of this oharacter have beeninade so that certain ohainsthread or l interengage with other chains, `which have been found to produce a very complicated construction, and/one which is not only di- Cult to apply, but also one which becoines tangled, when not applied to` aivheel. Furthermore in devices of this characterthe transverse chains have to bei` individually tightened.

lt is therefore, the purpose of the pres- Q ent invention to provide an anti-skid or` inud chain, which not onlyyel'iininates the foregoing disadvantages, but involves a construction enabling the anti-skid or mud chain to be very easily and quickly applied, and .ui such Wise that thetransverse chains which pass over the tire can be adjustedy Still another purpose 1s the provision of a non-skid or uuid device for automobiles' including' a plurality of chains extending from an adj ustinn` :band at the side of the wheel and formed in loops to extend transversely over the tire, so `that theirends may be connected to `any one of the links of the Chains adjustably, in combination With nieans connecting' the ends of the band, whereby all the chains may be adjusted at one time. after the loogs whave been dis-- posed in position on the tire.y l

While the design and construction at present illustrated and set forth are deeined preferable, it is obvious that as a result `ot a reduction of the invention to a more prac- `tical form for commercial `j iuijooses` the in-I.

vention may be susceptible oilA changes, and the right to these Changes is claimed, proi vided they are comprehended within the scope ofvvhat is claimed.

The invention comprises `further `:features inaiter set forth,

and combination orf parts, as willfbe hereclaiin'ed. j

ln the drawings Figure l .isla view in side elevation of an l shoivn in the drawings and j automobile Wheel, showing the` improved "anti-skid or inudchain applied;4

` Figure is a transverseseetional view yon `:eline Z-Qol' Figure l, showing how the radial chains are looped around theftire;

.i Figure 3 iszan enlarged detail perspective vieni oi the adjustable connected ends of a bandi 4l, which is disposed` at they side of the WheeL 'Referring to the drawings, l designates j.

the telly of the ivheel, 2 the spokes, `Which `radiate troni the hub of the wheel, and

Disposed adjacent the side of,

S the tire. j the spokes ol the Wheel .is an adjusting band fl, which` is provided With a plurality ofi` openin gs or jiierlorations 5, through which j the eye-bolts@ protrude. These eye-bolts are provided with nuts 7, orthe purpose oi? adjusting` l them radially through the" band. ,loniiected to the e e-bolts are antiskid or mud chains 8, which as shown in Figure l are disposedA radially. One endo each chain n has a snaphool 9. bviously` the 'chains y8 inpassing about the tire and the telly can loe lengthened or shortened,

` by sini-ply adjustingthe snap hook 9 in anv one of the links ofthe body of the ohain.

Obviously b v adjustingv the nuts 7, the eye-bolts' can be adjusted radially through the band 4, so that thechains S inay be tightened or loosened individually.

One end oi the band t is provided with a bend as at `l0, thereby causing to be 'formed an ol'fset portion la; which under-` laps the opposite end ol the band.

extreniityare provided ivith lugs 1l which j Xten'd radially andv are angular as shown,

so as 'to overlio the opposite edges of the opposite end ol' the band. whereby the op? band: adj acent the bend 10. A. thumb screw 13 loosely engages through the ear 12a, and

is threaded into the ear l2., Obviouslyrloyv adjusting` the thumb screw :i3` the yover- The 1 edges ot theiotlset portion llt adjacent its lll@ pass about all the tires new in use.

l lapped. ends of the band el-j may be adjusted The anti-skid oij mud chain of thev presont character may be applied to -Wheels of different diameters, due to the fact that the chains 8 may be of substantial length, to Also byfadjusting the snap hook 9 in engagement with ythe links of the. bodies of said chains 85,'they may be adjusted relatively to the tire. Furthermore the chains 8 may be individually adjustedvby the nuts 7. Alfter the anti-,skid oi' mud chain is applied, and a reasonable adjustment lgiven the Chains 8, to correspond with the wheel, with which the device is constantly used, the band 4 may be Contracted or increased in diameter, by adjusting the thumb screw 13 in one diret-tion oi' the other, and by so doing the radial ehairgsrS may be adjusted,V tightened or loosened iadially, in oidei tov prevent them 'trom slipping. j

The invention having been set ortl1,what is Claimed is:- y

ln an anti-skid o1 mud chain, the oombination with a band adapted forl disposition adjacent the outside of the Wheel, a plurality oi radial Chains `connected tothe band, and pfovided,V with adjustable loops engaging'abont thetire of the Wheel vtrans-v versely, saidV band having separable overlapping' ends, and` means adj ustably con- :fleeting` overlapping ends for contracting' o1' inereasing the diameter of the band, Wheieby said chains may be loosened or tightened radially.

Intestimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signatuie.`

, JOHN STARKWEATHER. 

